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이상엽 교수님 : A microbial process for the production of benzyl acetate

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A microbial process for the production of benzyl acetate


https://doi.org/10.1038/s44286-023-00022-0


abstract : Benzyl acetate is a valuable aromatic ester compound with diverse applications in the favor and fragrance industries. However, its current synthesis primarily relies on inefcient plant extraction methods or chemical/enzymatic processes that depend on non-renewable substrates. Here we report a sustainable approach to benzyl acetate production from d-glucose using metabolically engineered Escherichia coli strains. We explored both benzoic acid-dependent and -independent synthetic pathways by either dividing the pathway between upstream and downstream strain pairs or by introducing the complete pathway into single, integrated strains. In an optimized two-phase extractive fermentation process, a delayed co-culture of an upstream strain that converts d-glucose to benzoic acid and a downstream strain that transforms benzoic acid into benzyl acetate yielded 2,238.3±171.9mgl1 of benzyl acetate from d-glucose in 108h (or 2,204.0±192.2mgl1 in 96h). The economic of the microbial process for sustainable benzyl acetate production was also assessed by techno-economic analysis.


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